Chicago designer Katelyn Pankoke will be among the 16 designers competing in the Season 11 of "Project Runway" when it premieres at 8 p.m. CT Jan. 24 on Lifetime.

The new season is the first ever teams edition, so the 23-year-old creative force behind Elaya Vaughn Bridal will be be paired with another designer and they will have to make it work together. Pankoke is originally from Parkland, Fla.

The designers didn't learn they would be competing as teams until after the arrived in New York to begin filming. According to a Lifetime press release, the twist threw the designers into a panic as the newly made teams were tasked with using New York as their inspiration to create their first competition garments.